Definition of: revert

(ri·vûrt′) v.i.
1. To go or turn back to a former place, condition, attitude, topic, etc.
2. Biol. To return to or show characteristics of an earlier, primitive type.
3. Law To return to the former owner or to his heirs.
—noun
1. One who is reconverted to a former faith.
2. That which reverts. [<OF revertir <L revertere turn back <re- back + vertere turn]
—re·vert′i·ble adjective
—re·ver′tive adjective